For Australians traveling to Bali there was excitement this week with the news that Australia has been added to the list of free Visa entry countries into Indonesia.

Depending on the origin of your passport there are three options to enter Indonesia for tourist and social purposes.

No Visa required – free entry which is valid for a stay of up to 30 days. This is not extendable past 30 days. Please note day one starts from the day of arrival.

Visa On Arrival (currently USD 35 which provides a 30 day visa which can be extended once for a further 30 days)

Visa required and must be applied for and granted prior to arrival into Indonesia

It is important to note that if you intend to stay for longer than 30 days you will need to purchase a 30 day Visa On Arrival and then extend this Visa ( for a maximum of 30 more days) at the immigration island.

The free Visa stamp CANNOT be extended.

Please be aware that your day of arrival counts as one day as does your day of departure, so important to factor these into your stay to avoid being hit with an overstay fine.

You will also require at least 6 months validity in your passport along with at least one empty page. For further information please contact the Indonesian Embassy in your home country.

Please refer to the below list of countries currently eligible for free visa into Indonesia.

Allowed for: tourism, business, government, social cultural visa

Brunei Laos Peru

Cambodia Macao Philippines

Chile Malaysia Singapore

Ecuador Morocco Vietnam

Hong Kong SAR Myanmar Thailand

Visa exemption for tourism purpose ONLY

Albania Grenada Peru

Algeria Guatemala Philippines

Andorra Guyana Poland

Angola Haiti Portugal

Antigua and Barbuda Honduras Puerto Rico

Argentina Hong Kong SAR Qatar

Armenia Hungary Romania

Australia Iceland Russia

Austria India Rwanda

Azerbaijan Ireland Samoa

Bahamas Italy San Marino

Bahrain Jamaica Sao Tome and Principe

Bangladesh Japan Saudi Arabia

Barbados Jordan Senegal

Belarus Kazakhstan Serbia

Belgium Kenya Seychelles

Belize Kiribati Singapore

Benin Kuwait Slovakia

Bhutan Kyrgyzstan Slovenia

Bolivia Laos Solomon Island

Bosnia and Herzegovina Latvia South Africa

Botswana Lebanon South Korea

Brazil Lesotho Spain

Brunei Liechtenstein Sri Lanka

Bulgaria Lithuania St Kitts and Nevis

Burkina Faso Luxembourg St Lucia

Burundi Macau SAR St Vincent and Grenadines

Cambodia Macedonia Suriname

Canada Madagascar Swaziland

Cape Verde Malawi Sweden

Chad Malaysia Switzerland

Chile Maldives Taiwan

China Mali Tajikistan

Commonwealth of Dominica Malta Tanzania

Comoros Marshall Islands Thailand

Costa Rica Mauritania Timor-Leste

Cote D’Ivoire Mauritius Togo

Croatia Mexico Tonga

Cuba Moldova Trinidad & Tobago

Cyprus Monaco Tunisia

Czech Republic Mongolia Turkey

Denmark Morocco Turkmenistan

Dominican Republic Mozambique Tuvalu

Ecuador Myanmar Uganda

Egypt Namibia Ukraine

El Salvador Nauru United Arab Emirates

England Nepal Uruguay

Estonia Netherlands USA

Fiji New Zealand Uzbekistan

Finland Nicaragua Vanuatu

France Norway Vatican City

Gabon Oman Venezuela

Gambia Palau Vietnam

Georgia Palestine Zambia

Germany Panama Zimbabwe

Ghana Papua New Guinea

Greece Paraguay

For further information it is recommended you contact the Indonesian Embassy in your home country.